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Vincent, Carol; Rollock, Nicola; Ball, Stephen; Gillborn, David – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2012
This paper reports on data drawn from a study exploring the educational strategies of 62 Black Caribbean heritage middle-class parents. In this paper, we consider the respective roles of race and class in the shaping of parents' educational strategies, deploying an analysis that focuses on their intersection and seeks to hold both race and class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, Parent School Relationship, Middle Class
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Gillborn, David – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1992
Uses data from English comprehensive schools to suggest that schools teach the reality of second class citizenship for African-American people through a hidden curriculum. Argues that teachers have the opportunity to challenge stereotypes and empower students by putting antiracist principles into practice. Stresses the need to recognize and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Research, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education